Greek Temple Architecture Quiz

<p>To serve as a decorative element above columns (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Araeostyle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To support the entablature or architrave (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The visible solid mass serving as the foundation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide a square slab beneath the base of a column (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The floor of the temple where columns are placed (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shaft (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is decorative and provides structural support (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lower section of a column between the base and the shaft (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An elevated construction for columns or statues (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stronghold or fortress (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Athena (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White Pentelic marble (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mnesicles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A holy sanctuary (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the first building encountered when approaching the Propylaea. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Phidias (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carved ivory and gold (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The pinacotheca (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mnesicles (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>447-438 B.C. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The aesthetic impact of outward appearance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To house a treasury (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to the number of columns at the entrance and their arrangement (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principal chamber where the cult image is kept (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acting as a base for columns in colonnades (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pteroma (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cella/Naos (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pronaos/Anticum (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Distyle in antis has columns only at the front, while distyle amphi-antis has them at both front and rear. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prostyle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>4 columns (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A single row of columns surrounding the temple (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attached to the naos with a façade (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Amphiprostyle features porticoes at both front and rear. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pseudoperipteral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>6 columns (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The systematic spacing of columns, expressed as multiples of column diameters.

Column spacing of 1.50D.

A sculpture or ornament at the apex or corners of a pediment.

The triangular top of a classical building, often over a portico.

The horizontal structure above columns.

The top part of a column, supporting the entablature.

The main, vertical part of a column.

The bottom part of a column.

A solid foundation, the platform of a temple.

A platform for columns, part of the temple base.

A support for a column, statue, or other structure.

The square slab beneath a column's base.

Another name for Stereobate (the solid foundation of a temple structure).

The Parthenon's preservation and restoration efforts began around 1896-1900 and included a significant program from 1922-1933.

The Erechtheion housed a statue of Athena and celebrated Athens' power during the Golden Age.

The caryatids in the Erechtheion are sculpted female figures acting as columns, supporting the porch roof.

The Temple of Athena Nike is smaller than other Acropolis temples and is the first building visitors see on approach.

The Athena Parthenos statue was a large statue made of ivory for the flesh parts and gold for other details, with a wooden core.

A citadel or fortress in a Greek city, built on higher ground.

Monumental gates, often to a temple or religious complex.

A temple in Athens honoring Athena, built in 447-438 B.C.

A holy sanctuary, dedicated to a deity.

Famous Greek sculptor.

Architects of the Parthenon.

A large project to rebuild buildings in Athens.

A picture gallery, a building for paintings.

The arrangement and design of different parts within a temple.

The main chamber of a temple, housing the cult image.

A temple with a single row of columns surrounding the cella.

The stepped platform supporting the columns of a temple.

Describing temples based on the number of columns on their entrance front (e.g., hexastyle).

Temple with one column in front.

Temple with ten columns in front.

Entrances of temples often facing east.

Temple with 2 columns placed between the antae (recessed columns at corners) in the front of the temple.

Temple with 2 columns placed between antae, both in front and rear.

Temple with a portico (a covered area supported by columns) only at the front.

Temple with porticoes (covered areas with columns) at both the front and rear.

Temple with 4 columns at the front.

Temple with a single row of columns surrounding the whole structure.

Temple with a single row of columns attached to the naos (innermost part of temple).

Temple with 6 columns across the front.